About the Author: Lora Cirhigiri
Lora Cirhigiri is an activist, researcher, and recent graduate of the Ford School of Public Policy Master's Program at the University of Michigan. She currently works as a Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor for public programs in Bogotá, Colombia.
While young people today are movers and shakers, reformers and influencers, seeking voice and empowerment through protest and organization, our activism is largely restricted to political and social spheres. We will boycott products from a company that exploits labor, hold signs and march in the streets for the rights of immigrants, but we generally do not seek to reform the religious institutions of which we are a part.